How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids | Alan Crickmore

翻译人员: jacks peng 校对人员: Yuelong Dai

It's story time.

讲故事的时间到了。

Settle back, and I'll begin.

大家坐好，我马上开始。

Once upon a time, a mother duck sat patiently on her nest of eggs,

很久以前，一只鸭妈妈耐心地 孵着她的一窝蛋，

waiting for them to hatch.

等待着小鸭子破壳而出。

And then one day, she felt something move beneath her.

直到有一天， 她感觉到身下有东西在动。

Crack, crack!

噼啪，噼啪！

Filled with happiness, she watched as her eggs hatched one by one.

她幸福得看着她的鸭蛋 一个接一个孵出小鸭。

I don't know about you, but when I was little,

我不知道你们，但是在我儿时，

story time was always one of my favorite parts of the day.

听故事时间总是一天中 我最喜欢的时光。

And I loved reading to my two sons when they were small, too.

我也喜欢在我两个儿子小的时候， 给他们讲故事。

It's that special time

讲故事时间是这样一段特殊的时光，

when a parent and child can be totally absorbed together

父母和孩子可以同时

in mystical kingdoms, fantastical beasties

被神秘的王国，奇珍异兽，

or scruffy little ducks that turn out to be swans.

又或者是长成天鹅的丑小鸭所深深吸引。

Well, that's how it is for some children,

有些孩子就是这样成长起来的，

but for other children,

但是还有一些孩子，

there isn't a parent around to read to them.

他们身边没有家长向他们讲故事。

I'd like to tell you about Sophie.

我想和你说说索菲。

Sophie's five years old and lives with her parents.

索菲是一个和父母 居住在一起的五岁孩子。

One day, there's a bang at the door.

有一天，门砰得响了一声。

Sophie hears lots of shouting; her mum's crying.

索菲听到不断的喊叫声，她的母亲在哭。

She sees the police dragging her father away.

她看到警察把她的父亲拖走。

Sophie's afraid. She starts crying, too.

索菲很害怕。于是她也开始哭。

Weeks go by.

几个星期过去了。

Sophie doesn't know what's happened to her dad.

索菲不知道她的父亲发生了什么。

When she asks her mum, her mum gets upset.

每当她询问母亲的时候， 母亲就伤心不已。

So she stops asking.

所以她也不再问了。

Sophie waits.

索菲等啊等。

She really misses her dad.

她真的很想念她的父亲。

Every day, she hurries home from school, in case he's come back.

每天放学后她都匆匆回家， 期待着她的父亲或许已经回来了。

On many nights, she cries herself to sleep.

在很多的夜晚，她都哭着入眠。

Children at school start to tease her.

学校里的孩子们开始取笑索菲。

They call her names.

对她言语攻击。

Somebody's mum has heard that Sophie's dad is in prison.

有些孩子的母亲听说 索菲的父亲在监狱里。

Sophie pretends to be ill so she doesn't have to go to school.

索菲开始装病，这样就不用去学校了。

And her teacher can't understand why she's so far behind

她的老师也不能理解，

with her schoolwork.

为什么索菲的功课远远落后于其他孩子。

After what seems a long, long time to Sophie,

在索菲度过了十分漫长的一段时间后，

a letter arrives.

来了一封信。

It's from her dad.

是她的爸爸寄来的。

The writing is very messy.

字迹十分的潦草凌乱。

The letter makes her mum cry, but she reads a little out to Sophie.

索菲的母亲因为这封信哭了， 但是她向索菲读了一些信的内容。

He says that he's OK and that he's missing them.

他说他很好，并且他很想念他们。

It's a short letter.

这是一封很短的信。

Sophie says she'd like to go and see her dad, wherever he is.

索菲说她想要去看望父亲， 无论他在哪里。

But her mum says it's too far away, and they can't afford the journey.

但是她的母亲说那里太远了， 家里也承担不起路费。

Then one day the phone rings.

之后一天，电话铃响了。

"Sophie, come speak to daddy."

“索菲，快来接你爸爸的电话。”

Dad sounds different, far away.

爸爸的声音听起来和往常很不一样。

He says he can't talk for very long,

他说他不能说很久。

and anyway, it's very noisy wherever he is.

而且，他身处的地方十分吵闹。

And Sophie doesn't know what to say to him.

索菲也不知道要向父亲说什么。

Well, as stories go, that's not a very nice one.

好了，对于故事而言， 这不是一个美好的故事。

In the United Kingdom, 200,000 children

在英国，二十万个孩子因为父母服刑

experience the shame and isolation of a parent in prison.

而处于羞耻和被孤立的境地中。

Two hundred thousand.

二十万。

That's more than the number of children each year

这个数字大于每年

who are affected by their parents divorcing.

遭受父母离异的孩子数量。

And it can affect the children of prisoners very deeply.

服刑人的孩子被深深的影响着。

There can be problems at school,

他们或许会在学校遇到麻烦，

and they're three times more likely to suffer from mental health issues.

他们比其他孩子有三倍的可能性 遭受到精神问题的困扰。

In so many ways,

就很多方面而言，

children are the unintended victims of their parents' crimes.

孩子成为了父母犯罪后无辜的受害者。

In so many ways,

就很多方面而言，

children are the overlooked victims of their parents' crimes.

孩子成为了父母犯罪后被忽略的受害者。

Until last November, I was a serving prisoner,

直到去年十一月，我因为欺诈，

imprisoned for fraud.

作为罪犯一直在服刑。

I was dishonest, and I paid the penalty.

我不诚实，我付出了代价。

Before that, I'd been a practicing solicitor for 30 years.

在那之前，我是一个 从业三十年的职业律师。

I'd had a happy and stable upbringing,

我的童年幸福稳定。

a good education,

接受过良好的教育，

a happy marriage, which, I'm pleased to say, continues.

拥有一段美满的婚姻，我可以 很开心得说，这婚姻还延续着。

I have two adult sons.

我有两个已成年的儿子。

When they were growing up, I did my best to be around for them

我尽我所能陪伴着

as much as I could.

他们的成长。

And I took a careful interest in what they did.

我细心留意他们的兴趣爱好。

I read to my boys every night,

我每晚都给我的孩子们讲故事。

and ironically, our favorite story was "Burglar Bill."

讽刺的是，我们最喜欢的 故事是“大盗比尔”。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But when I got to prison, it soon became apparent

但当我到了监狱，很快就很明显

that my background was very different to that of most of the prisoners.

我的背景和大多数的服刑人员很不同。

Few of the men that I met had had a decent education.

我认识的人中几乎没有人 接受过良好的教育。

Indeed, many associated education with humiliation and failure.

实际上是，许多人的教育经历中 夹杂着羞辱和失败。

I can tell you firsthand that prison is dehumanizing.

我可以用切身经历告诉你，服 刑是无人性的。

Prisoners harden up, they shut down, they close in ...

服刑者变得凶狠，变得自闭...

just to survive.

仅仅为了活下去。

And this can be devastating for families.

这对家庭来说是毁灭性的。

In fact, maintaining contact with your family from prison

事实上，在狱中跟家人保持联系

can be very difficult indeed.

确实非常困难。

And if a child does get to see their parent in prison,

如果小孩能去看狱中的父母，

they have to go through the same pat-down searches as the adults.

他们也要像成人那样被搜身。

They walk through the same detector frames,

他们通过同样的探测门，

they're sniffed by the same sniffer dogs,

被同样的嗅探犬嗅过，

and all because some children have been the unwitting carriers

而这一切都是因为一些 孩子在无意中成为了

of drugs and mobile phones.

毒品和手机的携带者。

And when they get through to see their parent,

当他们通过这些见到父母时，

they may be tired from a long journey,

他们可能因为长途旅行而劳累不堪，

shy, tongue-tied, even upset.

害羞，张口结舌，甚至心烦意乱。

And it isn't easy for the parents, who may not be getting along.

这对父母来说并不容易， 他们可能相处不好。

For many reasons, not just these,

还有很多原因，不止这些，

over half of prisoners lose contact with their children and families.

超过一半的囚犯跟孩子和家人失去联系。

How can we help prisoners to stay in contact with their families?

我们如何帮助囚犯与家人保持联系？

When I was a prisoner at Channings Wood Prison,

当我还是通灵伍德监狱的囚犯时，

I began working for a charity called Storybook Dads.

我开始为一个叫做“故事书爸爸” 的慈善机构工作。

Storybook Dads began in 2003,

故事书爸爸成立于2003年，

when Sharon Berry, a civilian worker in a prison, realized just how much

当时在监狱里工作的莎伦·贝里意识到

many prisoners wanted to stay in contact with their children.

很多囚犯是如何强烈想要 跟孩子们保持联系。

And so, armed with a few storybooks,

于是，带着几本故事书，

she began to help prisoners to read and record stories

她开始帮助囚犯阅读和录制故事

to send home to their children.

寄回家给他们的小孩。

It wasn't a new idea. Few ideas like this are new.

这并非新主意，像这样的主意并不新鲜。

They're great ideas.

这是很棒的主意。

But it was an instant success.

但它立刻大获成功。

You may wonder: How does the recording of the stories work in prison?

你可能会好奇： 在监狱中如何录制这些故事的？

Is it difficult for prisoners?

对囚犯会太难吗？

Can it be challenging?

会有挑战吗？

Well, the process of choosing, reading and recording a story

是的，选择、阅读和录制故事的流程

can be very challenging for prisoners.

对于囚犯而言是个很大的挑战。

Prison is tough,

监狱是艰难的，

and prisoners can't afford to show any signs of weakness or vulnerability.

囚犯不能够显示出任何的 软弱或脆弱的迹象。

But this, this recording process,

但这个，这个录制过程，

this can be uncomfortable, upsetting, sometimes all just a bit too much.

可能会让人不舒服，不安， 有时候甚至有点太过了。

And prisoners often cry.

囚犯常常会哭泣。

They cry because they regret missing out on their children's lives.

他们哭泣是因为他们后悔 错过孩子们的时光。

They cry because they're ashamed that they've let their families down.

他们哭泣是因为让家人失望而感到羞愧。

They cry because they don't know how to go about reading to their children.

他们哭泣是因为他们不知道 如何为他们的孩子阅读。

But because when they come to us we offer a private space, one-to-one,

但因为当他们来到我们这边时， 我们会提供私人空间，一对一的，

prisoners don't need to be tough anymore,

囚犯不需要继续坚强，

and they can use their vulnerability as a strength

当联系他们的孩子时，

when contacting with their children.

他们可以利用脆弱作为力量。

I remember one prisoner who came to record.

我记得一个来录制的囚犯。

He was a big, hard man with a reputation for being tough.

他是个高大坚强并因强硬而出名的男人。

He came along as implacable as ever.

他来的时候和以前一样执拗。

But when the door of the recording room closed behind him,

但当录音室的门关上时，

that facade began to crumble.

那副做派开始崩溃。

From his pocket, he took a screwed-up piece of paper

他从口袋中掏出一张揉皱的纸

and quietly began to read the words

开始平静地阅读起他写给

which he'd written as a message for his two little ones.

家里两个小孩子的信息。

His hands were shaking.

他的手在颤抖。

And then, in a surprisingly quiet voice,

然后，以让人惊讶的平静声音，

he began to sing their favorite lullaby.

他开始唱他们最喜欢的摇篮曲。

You see, there wasn't much that he could do from behind bars

你看，在监狱里，他没有 什么办法向他的孩子们

to show his children that he missed and loved them.

表明他想念他们，爱他们。

But he could do this.

但他可以做这些。

Once the recording is made,

一旦录音录制后，

it's sent to the Storybook Dads production unit

它被送往“故事书爸爸”在德文郡的

at Channings Wood Prison in Devon.

通灵伍德监狱的制作单位。

And that's where I worked.

那就是我工作的地方。

I was trained, along with other prisoners,

我跟其他囚犯一样在培训后，

to edit and produce recordings sent in

去编辑和制作从英国各地监狱

from prisons all over the United Kingdom.

送来的录音。

Using audio and video software,

使用音视频软件，

the recordings have the mistakes taken out

录音中的错误被去掉

and sound effects and music added in.

加入音效和音乐。

And the experience and skill which the prison editors gain

囚犯们在这里获得的编辑经验和技能

helps them in their future employment.

有助于他们未来的职业。

Once the recording is finalized,

一旦录音完成后，

it's transferred to a CD or a DVD and sent out to the families

它被转录为CD或者DVD， 寄送给家人，

so that the children can watch them whenever they feel the need.

这样孩子们有需要的时候 就可以观看它们。

And they listen to these recordings and watch them a lot --

他们往往听和观看这些录音很多次——

at bedtime, in the car ...

在睡前，在车里…

Some even take them to school to show their friends.

有些小孩甚至把它们带到 学校向朋友们展示。

These recordings,

这些录音，

they show the children that they're loved and missed.

它们向孩子们展示了 他们是被爱和被想念的。

And they show the prisoner

它们向囚犯们展示出

that they can do something for their child, as a parent.

作为父母，他们可以为 孩子们做点事情。

Do you remember Sophie?

你们还记得索菲吗？

Well, one day, just before Christmas, a parcel arrived,

有一天，就在圣诞节前， 一个包裹来了，

and this is what was in it.

这就是在里面的东西。

Let's listen to a little of it together.

让我们一起来听一点。

(Video) Santa: On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!

(视频)圣诞老人:加油，彗星!,丘比特! 继续，唐纳和布莱岑！

Charlie: That's his reindeer, isn't it?

查理:那是他的驯鹿，不是吗？

Santa: It is his reindeer, yeah.

圣诞老人:是的，是他的驯鹿。

Up, up, higher and higher they flew,

他们飞得越来越高，

across land, across oceans they sped.

他们穿越陆地，跨越海洋。

Through the magical northern lights they passed --

他们穿过神奇的北极光——

I'd love to see the northern lights, wouldn't you?

我很想看看北极光，你们呢？

Charlie: I figure they'd probably look a bit like that snowman's belly.

查理:我想它们看起来可能 有点像雪人的肚子。

Santa: They probably would, yeah.

圣诞老人:是的，可能是这样子。

That's a cool snowman, isn't it?

这样的雪人很酷，不是吗？

Charlie: It's very cool indeed, I love it.

查理:确实很酷，我很喜欢。

Santa: They visited all the children in the world

圣诞老人：他们拜访世界上所有的孩子

and left presents for each and every one.

并给每个孩子留下礼物。

In the blink of an eye, they were back in Frogsbottom Field.

转眼间，他们又回到了青蛙堡。

(Charlie Laughs)

（查理笑了）

Santa: You think that's well funny?

圣诞老人:你觉得这很有趣？

Charlie: I want to live in Frogsbottom Field!

查理:我想住在青蛙堡！

Santa: Where do you live, in Frogsbottom Tree?

圣诞老人:你住在哪里，在青蛙堡树吗？

Charlie: I don't, I live in this tree.

查理:不，我住在这棵树上。

I've made it all Christmasy-look.

我把这一切做得像圣诞节一样。

Santa: It's nice, that.

圣诞老人:那很好。

You've done a good job, good job.

你做得很棒，好棒。

Charlie: Thank you very much!

查理：谢谢！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Alan Crickmore: Sophie and her mum listened to that three times,

艾伦·克里克莫尔: 苏菲和她妈妈听了三遍，

and they haven't laughed so much in a long time.

她们已经很久没笑这么多了。

They can see that he's all right, they can see that he loves them,

她们知道他很好，他们知道他爱她们，

and the next time he rings, Sophie's got plenty to talk about:

当下次他来电时，索菲有很多话可以说：

"What does Charlie the Chimp eat?

“黑猩猩查理吃什么?

Will daddy do another story very soon?"

爸爸会很快做另一个故事吗？”

Since it began in 2003, Storybook Dads has grown and grown.

自2003年开始以来， 故事书爸爸不断在成长。

It now operates as Storybook Dads and Storybook Mums

它现在以故事书爸爸和故事书妈妈运作在

in more than 100 prisons in the United Kingdom.

英国超过100个监狱中。

Ninety-eight percent of the prisoners who take part

98%参与项目的囚犯表示

say that it's improved their relationship with their child.

它改善了他们与孩子的关系。

And since 2003,

自2003年以来，

over 60,000 DVDs and CDs have been sent out

超过6万张DVDs和CDs寄到了

to the children of prisoners.

囚犯的小孩手中。

For Sophie's family and for thousands of families like them,

对于索菲的家庭和 像她这样的数以千计的家庭，

Storybook Dads has been a lifeline.

故事书爸爸一直是生命线。

Some prisoners say that it's the first time

一些囚犯说这是第一次

that they've begun to build a relationship with their child.

他们开始与小孩构建关系。

And some poor readers have been so inspired

一些贫穷的读者被他们

by what they've been able to achieve

所取得的成就所鼓舞，

that they've gone to education classes to improve their own reading skills.

他们去上教育课来提高 自己的阅读技能。

Let's go back to the story of "The Ugly Duckling."

让我们回到丑小鸭的故事。

But this time, I'd like to play you a recording made by a prisoner,

但这次，我要向你们播放来自一个囚犯的录音，

because it encapsulates the power of what we do.

因为这浓缩了我们所做事情的力量。

The prisoner was an Irish Traveller who couldn't read.

这个囚犯是一个不识字的爱尔兰游客。

And he wanted to send a story home to his daughter for her birthday.

他想寄个故事回家作为女儿的生日礼物。

With the help of a mentor and some clever editing,

在导师和聪明的编辑帮助下，

something magical happened.

神奇的事情发生了。

This is an extract from the raw recording,

这是录音的原始材料，

where the prisoner is reading the story by repeating it, phrase at a time.

犯人一遍又一遍地阅读故事， 一段一段地读。

(Audio) Mentor: He had nowhere to hide.

（音频）导师：它无处可藏。

Owen: He had nowhere to hide.

欧文:它无处可藏。

Mentor: So one day, he ran away.

导师：所以有一天，它走开了。

Owen: Then one day, he ran away.

欧文：所以有一天，它走开了。

Mentor: He ran until he came to the great marsh.

导师:它一直跑到大沼泽。

Owen: He run until he come to the great marsh.

欧文:它一直跑到大沼泽。

Mentor: Where the wild ducks lived.

导师:野鸭住的地方。

Owen: Where the wild ducks lived.

欧文:野鸭住的地方。

AC: And this is a recording -- an excerpt of the recording

还有这是一段录音——是录音的节选，

with the mentor's voice taken out and sound effects and music added in.

去掉了导师的声音，加入音效和音乐。

(Audio) Owen: He had nowhere to hide.

（音频）欧文:它无处可藏。

Then one day, he run away.

所以有一天，它走开了。

He run until he come to the great marsh where the wild ducks lived,

它一直跑到大沼泽， 野鸭住的地方，

and he laid in the rushes for two weeks.

它在草丛中躺了两个星期。

(Music) (Ducks quack)

(音乐)(鸭子嘎嘎叫)

Some wild ducks and geese come to look at him.

有几只野鸭和鹅来看它。

"You're very ugly," they said, and they laughed at him.

“你真丑，”它们说道，它们嘲笑它。

(Ducks quack)

(鸭子嘎嘎叫)

The ugly duckling ran away from the great marsh.

丑小鸭从大沼泽里跑了出来。

(Duck quacks)

(鸭子嘎嘎叫)

AC: And this is how he finished the story:

克里克莫尔： 这是他结束故事的方式：

(Audio) Owen: He wasn't an ugly duckling at all.

(音频)欧文:他根本不是一只丑小鸭。

During the winter, he had grown into a beautiful white swan.

冬天，它长成了一只美丽的白天鹅。

The other swans looked at him and thought how beautiful he was.

其他的天鹅看着它， 心想它是多么的美丽。

"Come with us," they said.

“跟我们走，”它们说。

And he did.

于是它去了。

(Bird sounds)

（鸟的声音）

Well, Tiara, I hope you have enjoyed this story

Tiara，我希望你喜欢这个故事，

as much as I enjoyed reading this story to you.

就像我喜欢为你读这个故事一样。

I cannot wait to be with you again and hold you in my arms.

我迫不及待地想和你在一起， 拥抱你。

All my love, your daddy, Owen.

送上我所有的爱，你的爸爸，欧文。

Lots of love, I miss you with all my heart.

非常爱你，我全心全意地想你。

Goodbye for now, my love. Bye bye.

再见了，我的爱。再见。

(Music)

（音乐）

(Music ends)

（音乐结束）

AC: When he listened to that recording in his cell

在寄给他女儿前，当他

before it was sent out to his daughter,

在牢房听录音的时候，

he cried.

他哭了。

And that's a pretty common reaction from prisoners,

这是囚犯最常见的反应，

as they realize for the first time

当他们首次意识到

they've been able to do something for their child

他们能够为孩子做点事情时，

which they never thought they could.

而过去他们从没有想过。

They've connected in the most fundamental way,

他们以最基本的方式，通过故事的媒介

through the medium of storytelling.

联系在一起。

And as for Sophie,

至于索菲，

she wants "The Gruffalo" next time.

她下次想听《咕噜牛》。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）